Labor disputes

work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work

temporary work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute

thumb|Pinkerton (detective agency)|Pinkerton agents escort strikebreakers in [[Buchtel, Ohio, 1884]] thumb|Industrial Workers of the World stickerette "Don't Scab" A strikebreaker (sometimes pejoratively called a scab, blackleg, bootlicker, blackguard or knobstick) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike. Strikebreakers may be current employees (union members or not), or new hires to keep the organization running (hired after or during the strike). In continuing to work, or taking jobs at a workplace under current strike, strikebreakers are said to "cross picket lines".

Work-to-rule, also known as an Italian strike or a slowdown in United States usage, and ('white strike') in Italy, is a job action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of their contract or job, and strictly follow time-consuming rules normally not enforced. It is a passive-aggressive form of labor opposition. This may cause a slowdown or decrease in productivity if the employer does not hire enough employees or pay the appropriate salary and consequently does not have the requirements needed to run normally.

thumb|McDonald's staff in Quezon City, Philippines "McJob" is a slang term for a low-paying, low-prestige dead-end job that requires few skills and offers very little chance of advancement. The term "McJob" comes from the name of the fast-food restaurant McDonald's, but is used to describe any low-status jobregardless of employerwhere little training is required, staff turnover is high, and workers' activities are tightly regulated by managers.

strike action undertaken by unionized workers without union leadership's authorization, support, or approval

dispute between an employer and its employees regarding the terms or conditions of employment

measure taken by trade unions or other organised labour meant to reduce productivity in a workplace

Type of employment relationship involving non-permanent freelance work with payment based on piece work

Precarity (also precariousness) is a precarious existence, lacking in predictability, job security, material or psychological welfare. The social class defined by this condition has been termed the precariat.

non-standard employment poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and cannot support a household

A slowdown (UK: go-slow) is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties. A slowdown may be used as either a prelude or an alternative to a strike, as it is seen as less disruptive as well as less risky and costly for workers and their union. Striking workers usually go unpaid and risk being replaced, so a slowdown is seen as a way to put pressure on management while avoiding these outcomes. Other times slowdowns are accompanied by acts of sabotage on the part of workers to provide further disrup

In labor disputes, a walkout is a labor strike, the act of employees collectively leaving the workplace and withholding labor as an act of protest.

protest where the protester sit down

industrial action by a trade union in support of a strike initiated by workers in a separate corporation

form of industrial action

behaviour of intentionally inflicting harm by strictly following the orders of a superior

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